I stumbled across this very interesting list. of 18 firsts on the Internet. It's a good way to look at things. You could argue who invented what first, and you often get nowhere that way, because "invention" is such a poorly understood concept. Everyone's work builds on other people's. The guy who invented the car used a lot of other people's work to create something with four wheels and an engine. Did it have to have a steering wheel to be a car? We could argue about that, and that would change who the inventor was. It may be more useful to say who had the first car. Who drove it, and where did they go? And on the Internet, there's no doubt, for example that Tim Berners-Lee had the first website. Unless someone else says they did. (Haven't heard anyone say that, btw.) I was glad to get credit for creating the first podcast. Who wrote the first blog post? They give credit for that to Justin Hall. (and mis-spell his name) I wrote in the About page. for weblogs.com that the first blog
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